http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/win.mobile.usage.to.triple.by.2013/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/htctouchdiamond2-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In spite of common perception, Windows Mobile could take second place in the smartphone market in as little as four years, an iSuppli study predicted today. Analysts estimate that the phones shipped will triple from 27.7 million by the end of this year to 67.9 million in 2013, or enough to give it 15.3 percent of the industry behind Nokia's predicted 47.6 percent. Microsoft is expected to slip t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/win.mobile.usage.to.triple.by.2013/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/iphone.killer.drive.market/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/palmpre.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Displays commonly used in smart phones are facing increased sales following the upcoming release of so-called "iPhone killer" devices. According to iSuppli, worldwide shipments of displays ranging in size from 2.5-inches to 4.9-inches diagonally that feature QVGA quality pixel formating are projected to rise to 150 million units, and increase of 22 percent from 123 million units last year. These p... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/12/iphone.killer.drive.market/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/iphone.and.flash.mem.spike/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0908/samsung16gigabitflash.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's voracious use of NAND flash memory for iPhones could be the key spark in the entire industry over the next few years, iSuppli said today in a new study. The smartphone's existence is estimated to help multiply revenue in the business by 5.6 times from its 2008 numbers to $932.5 million by 2013. Much of this comes from Apple's insistence on stepping up the amount of memory with each upgra... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/iphone.and.flash.mem.spike/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/14/pc.biz.to.drop.in.2009/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/delladamo13.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sales of computers are poised to drop for the first time since the original technology crash of 2001, iSuppli said in a study today. The research team had originally thought shipments would grow a very slight 0.7 percent in spite of the economic crash but are now set to drop 4 percent year-over-year to 287.3 million computers in 2009. The decline isn't as severe as the 2001 drop, which shrank th... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/14/pc.biz.to.drop.in.2009/ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/09/ssd.notebooks.hurt/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/macbookair-green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The economic crunch is making a major impact on the viability of solid-state drives in notebooks, according to new research from iSuppli. As prices for the NAND flash memory that form the heart of these drives have in some cases more than doubled -- 128 percent for a 2GB chip -- the costs for the SSDs themselves have gone up proportionately, making it difficult or occasionally impossible to offer... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/09/ssd.notebooks.hurt/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/24/iphone.3gs.isuppli.costs/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/iphone3gs-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's newest iPhone actually costs slightly more to make than the older version in spite of the more modest update, iSuppli says. The iPhone 3GS' total bill of materials amounts to $178.96 for a 16GB model, or slightly more than the previous $174.33 of the 8GB iPhone 3G. Some of the cost difference is attributed to recent rises in the prices of NAND flash memory; although 16GB costs less to ma... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/24/iphone.3gs.isuppli.costs/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/10/palm.pre.final.cost.study/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/palmpre-launcher.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Palm Pre may cost significantly more to make than first anticipated and has surprising similarity to the iPhone's supply chain as it's existed in the past, according to a post-launch cost breakdown by iSuppli. Originally thought to cost $138 in raw manufacturing and parts, the smartphone is now estimated to cost at least $140 and as much as $160. Much of the price is attached to the 3.1-inch... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/10/palm.pre.final.cost.study/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/01/isuppli.on.netbook.cooloff/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/dellinspironmini10.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Despite currently strong interest, the netbook industry is likely to cool off sharply in as little as a year, an iSuppli estimate said today. The research predicts that netbook shipments are likely to surge 68.5 percent in 2009 versus the year earlier but that this growth rate will be cut almost in half to 39.6 percent in 2010 and by two thirds to 13.1 percent in 2013. The growth will still be r... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/01/isuppli.on.netbook.cooloff/ Fri, 01 May 2009 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/29/palm.pre.cost.breakdown/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/palmpre-launcher.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The Palm Pre will cost substantially less to build than the iPhone 3G did when it was new, according to a pre-launch cost breakdown by iSuppli. While the company doesn't have full access to the parts Palm is using, its estimates put the pure cost of assembling the first webOS phone at $138. The multi-touch screen is expected to be the most expensive part at $39.51, while the phone's Texas Instru... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/29/palm.pre.cost.breakdown/ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/22/kindle.2.cost.breakdown/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/amazonkindle2-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An iSuppli cost breakdown today of Amazon's Kindle 2 reveals that the e-book reader ultimately costs a relatively small amount more to build than an iPhone, or roughly half the actual $359 price. Where an iPhone 3G cost $174.33 to make when new, the Kindle 2 costs $185.49 after factoring in both the raw parts as well as assembly. The most expensive component is E-Ink's 6-inch digital paper displ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/22/kindle.2.cost.breakdown/ Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:20:00 GMT